Barney Franks says the Public Option Part of
the Health Care Plan Is The Best Way to Get to Single-Payer Plan

At a town hall meeting sponsored by
Representative Vic Snyder and Representative Mike Ross, Vic Snyder said, "Mike and I do not support a single-payer
system." [single payer mean the government is the only provider of health care]
The crowd yelled, "Obama
does." Snyder answered "No, it is not what Obama wants." The crowed yelled "liar."
Evidently the crowd had seen the following quote by Obama on video before he
became president and the quote by Barney Franks saying the Public Option Plan
which Obama supports was the best way to reach the single-payer plan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quIBN4lmIXE

"I think if we get a good public option it could
lead to single-payer; that's the best way to reach single-payer." 7-27-09 in an interview.

Congresswoman Jan Schakoswky,
from Illinois: "And next to me was a
guy from the insurance company who then argued against the public health
insurance option saying it wouldn't let private insurance compete; the public option will put the private insurance
industry out of business. My fellow citizens, he was right; the man was right."
Note: And only the single-payer plan
would be left.

Obama:
"The Public Option is not your enemy; it is your friend. …Let me also address an
illegitimate concern that is being put forward by those who are claiming that a
public option is somehow a Trojan horse for a single-payer system." Note: this
is an exact description of what the public option is according to Barney Franks
and Congresswoman Jan Schakoswky in above quotes.

Obama speech to American Medical Association,
June 15, 09

Obama "My
commitment is to make sure that we've got universal health care for all
Americans by the end of my first term as President. I would hope that we set up
a system that allows those who can go to their employer to access a federal
system or a state pool of some sort. But I don't think we are going to be able
to eliminate employer coverage immediately. There is going to be
potentially some transition process. I can envision a decade out or 15 years
out." speech at SEIU Health Care
Forum 3-24-07

Note: Obama keeps reminding everyone on TV that
they can keep their insurance plan they have now. That is totally different from
what he has said earlier in these quotes.

Back to Representatives Snyder & Mike Ross in
their Town Hall Meeting in which they Snyder said, "Mike and I do not support a
single-payer system." However, both of them have already voted for a bill in
committee that has a public option which Obama is adamant that a health bill
include - a plan that Congressman Barney Franks and Jan Schakoswky say will
lead to government single-payer health care. Obama has also originally said he
wants a single-payer health care plan. In
light of these facts, how then can Vic Snyder and Representative Mike Ross say
they will not support a single-payer health care plan. The crowd was right to be
outraged.

See this link for press releases on the $81
million in pork Ross was able to bring home to his district about the time
Obama called in those holding up the health care bill after which Ross caved and
helped vote the health care bill out of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Was
he bought? You be the judge. http://arkansaswatch.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html

Health Care Bill H.R. 3200 does not mention the
word abortion, but several amendments to prevent abortion coverage were offered
on multiple days and all were voted down. And liberal Lois Capps
(D-California) was successful in getting an amendment authorizing federal
funding of abortions attached to H.R. 3200.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=652150

But unless an amendment similar to the Hyde
Amendment ( which prevents federal funding for abortion under Medicaid) is
added, the Health Care bill as is without an amendment will fund abortions
because federal courts have commonly read abortion into Medicaid's mandatory
categories. Some legislators are
saying the Hyde Amendment will prevent abortions being funded under the health
care bill, but The Hyde Amendment applies to
programs funded through the annual Health & Human Services Appropriations bill
only, so the Hyde Amendment's ban on taxpayer funding of abortion would not
apply to this health care bill.

"Since
the 1970s, federal courts have regularly interpreted the 'mandatory categories
of care' within Medicaid to include abortion and thus mandate abortion coverage.
That judicial interpretation of Medicaid will be adopted by courts in
interpreting federal health care legislation, unless abortion is expressly
excluded." See this link for a number of these court rulings."
http://www.realhealthcarerespectslife.com/?page_id=213The Hyde Amendment was adopted to overcome these
court rulings so federal money could not be used for Medicaid funding.

This
way Democrats can claim the bill does not fund abortion, knowing full well that
the courts will rule that it does. Even without a court ruling, the bureaucrats
under the Health Care Bill have so much authority they would find some way to
interpret the bill that way. Fact Check also says abortion will be covered under
this bill.

H.R. 3200 passed through the three
House Committees and is ready to be voted on after the recess. Recess is
over on September

Health Care will be provided to ALL non-US citizens, illegal or
otherwise.

The
language below, "All health care shall be provided without regard to personal
characteristics extraneous (extraneous means unrelated) to provision of health
care" simply means it will be provided to all people, even illegal aliens. The
only restriction of health care will be limited to health restrictions
(rationing) but not to race or legal status. They have to work hard to come up
with language like this to get what they want without directly saying the words
that everyone would understand. This language allows them to deny anything based
on health issues but not because of race or legal status.

Last
Tuesday, the Congressional Research Service (CRS), which is the non-partisan
"research arm" of the United States Congress, issued a report that concludes
that illegal aliens will be able to receive benefits under the House health care
bill (H.R. 3200) through two major loopholes. Summary of Congressional REsearch
Report can be found at this link: http://www.fairus.org/site/DocServer/CRS_Report_on_HR3200.pdf?docID=3441

Pg 16 of the HC Bill MANDATES
you cannot keep your private plan if you don't have your private plan on or
before the first day" of the year the legislation becomes law. Those who
currently have private individual coverage won't be able to change it. Those who
leave a company to work for themselves can no longer buy individual plans from
private carriers. (See language in the bill page 16 below)

Health Care
Bill H. R. 3200 MANDATES the Government will audit books of ALL EMPLOYERS
that self insure through private plans!! You can't get the following
information without auditing the books, especially (C) and (D) below. Note how
much power the "COMMISSIONER" has in (b)
STUDY AND REPORTS.—

Government will have real-time access to
individuals finances (line 6) & a National ID Health card will be issued (lines
12 & 13 below). To

Also note in Paragraph D below that the
government will not only determine your financial responsibility but also
determine if a person is eligible for a "specific service with a specific
physician at a specific facility." And they say that nothing in this bill will
come between you and your doctor.

Health Care Bill Mandates Taxpayers Pay for
Translators and Transcription Services for Illegal aliens. Our taxes are
already paying for these services for illegal aliens in our criminal courts.
These services are very expensive. P. 91 below. Will every doctor's office and
hospital be forced to have Spanish translators?

Any individual who doesn't have acceptable Health
Care according to the Government will be taxed 2.5% of income.

The bill is creating a Health Care
Exchange to bring private health care plans under government control. With the
government regulating the insurance companies and "facilitating" access of
individuals and employers, what control is left? Note the provision for
public option and what Barney Franks said in July, " I think if we get a good public option it
could lead to single-payer; that's the best way to reach single-payer." [Single
payer means the government is the only providerof insurance.]Yet they say you can
keep your own insurance plan.